directed by - peter
kassovitz
screenplay by - peter kassovitz &
didier decoin
music composed by - edward shearmur
genre - comedy, drama, war
rating - PG-13
runtime - 114 min.
budget - $15,000,000
theatrical release - september 24, 1999
dvd release date - march 21, 2000
filming dates - october 12,1997 >
december 19, 1997
filming locations - budapest, hungary lodz, poland piotrkow, poland
production companies - blue wolf
productions kasso inc. productions tristar productions
distribution by - columbia pictures
SUMMARY
During World War II in Nazi
occupied Poland, poor Jewish café owner Jakob accidentally
overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet
military successes against German forces. To fight the incredible
depression and suicide throughout the ghetto, Jakob tells
fictitious news bulletins about Allied advances against the
Nazis. These lies keep hope and humor alive among the ghetto
inhabitants. The Germans learn of the mythical radio, however,
and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate
it.
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STILLS
MAIN CAST
robin williams - jakob
heym
hannah taylor gordon - lina kronstein
bob balaban - kowalsky
alan arkin - max frankfuther
michael jeter - avron
jamos gosztonyi - samuel
liev schreiber - mischa
armin mueller-stahl - kirschbaum
